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Performers and Teachers
Maire Ni Chathasaigh
Ireland/England
Maire is world renowned as one of the premier Irish harpers of our time. The techniques which she invented to present traditional Irish music have been profoundly influential – “a single-handed reinvention of the harp” The Irish Examiner. Maire’s unique approach to the instrument has been a prime influence on Irish harp playing for many years. With her knowledge of traditional music, as played on other instruments, an ear for her native music, and analytical habit of mind she has evolved a traditional style for her instrument – particularly in relation to dance music – which is outstanding. The techniques of ornamentation which she has developed have been adapted in a manner uniquely suited and appropriate to the Irish harp. “Although her playing remains rooted in Irish traditional music, there is an eclecticism and spirit of adventure here that is quite thrilling. One minute she is skipping with carefree abandon through a spritely dance tune, the next she is sailing serenely through ethereal Celtic mists”. Nigel Williamson, The Times, Jan. 20007
Máire now concentrates primarily on performance. However, she’s always placed a high priority on passing on her knowledge & techniques to the next generation, with the aim – now largely achieved - of re-integrating the Irish harp into the mainstream of the living oral Irish tradition. She has been giving master classes in Europe and the USA since the mid-1970s with the result that her ideas and techniques are now very widely disseminated. 2003 was her eighteenth year as a senior tutor at the Cuirt Chruiytireachta (Harp Summer School) organized by Cairde na Cruite (The Irish Harp Society) in Termonfeckin, Co Louth, where harpers come from all over the world to study with her. Within the last couple of years, she’s been harp tutor at Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School and at Boston College’s “Gaelic Roots”.
Maire is profiled in Celtic Women in Music (Mairead Sullivan, Quarry Music Books, Canada). She’s featured on the major BBC 2 TV series on Irish music “Bringing it All Back Home” – the associated BBC book features a large photograph of Maire on the front cover – and on Polygram USA’s major 1998 Celtic harp album and associated PBS TV special “Celtic Harpestry”.
“So intricate are her techniques, so subtle her use of tonal lights and shades, so inventive her arrangements that your attention is not so much caught as captivated.” Folk Roots
Oldbridgemusic.com
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Chris Newman
England
Chris is one of Britain’s leading guitarists and a prolific composer and arranger. Folk Roots has called him “…one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists.”
Chris toured until 1997, as a member of Boys of the Lough in North America, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia, Denmark, China and Italy. The Scotsman said of his performance in Scotland on two separate occasions: “…his fluid, wonderfully assured expansiveness produced a burst of quick-picked harmony here, some dense, resonant undercurrents there and flashes of snazzy, jazzy syncopation all over the place…” “Newman’s brilliant grasp of the idiom and swingy, authoritative playing give…a tremendous rhythmic and dynamic lift…”
He is principal guitar tutor at Newcastle University’s Folk Music degree course and is much in demand at summer schools: within the last couple of years he has been guitar tutor at Steve Kaufman’s Flatpicking Kamp in Maryville, Tennessee, at Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School and at
Boston College’s famed Gaelic Roots.
He has toured with Irish harper Maire Ni Chathasaigh since 1988. oldbridgemusic.com |
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Kitchen Quartet Artist
Kieran Jordan's
approach to Irish dance marries deep-rooted traditions with contemporary innovations. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Kieran started Irish dancing at age five, and has been performing as a solo step dancer since her high school years. A Boston resident, and recently named a Massachusetts “Artist Fellow,” Kieran has studied many forms of traditional percussive dance as well as modern dance. Her choreography displays deep authenticity, playful musicality, and full-body expression, bringing a fresh and accessible style to Irish dance on stage.
Kieran has performed widely, in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Canada, and throughout the US. She has collaborated with musical artists such as Solas, Danú, Liz Carroll, Mick Moloney, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Risk and Paddy League, Matt and Shannon Heaton, Childsplay, and more. She has partnered with notable dancers such as Pierre Chartrand, Kevin Doyle, Nic Gareiss, Donny Golden, Mats Melin, Aidan Vaughan, and Nick Yenson.
Kieran has a particular passion for sean-nós dancing (improvised, old-style Irish dance), and has become a major figure in introducing it to the Irish dance scene in America. She has produced two independent videos on sean-nós dance — a documentary called Secrets of the Sole and a new instructional DVD entitled Musical Feet!
Kieran has a BA from Boston College and a Master’s in Contemporary Dance from the University of Limerick, Ireland. She also holds the TCRG certificate for teaching Irish dance. In Boston, she is Dance Director and Choreographer of A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, and is co-director of a new studio called Boston Percussive Dance. |
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Kitchen Quartet Artist
Washington, DC
Shannon Dunne
(sean-nos dance, concertina, song) is a principal dancer with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, and solo performer/choreographer based in Washington, D.C. Shannon began her performing career as a tap dancer, actress and improvisational modern dancer, and in 2005, she was awarded a grant from the DCCAH and NEA to travel to Ireland and study Sean-nos (Old Style) Irish dancing with Mick Mulkerrin and Mairead Casey. Shannon made 2 subsequent trips (also funded by the DCCAH) to study with Aidan Vaughn (Clare battering style) and Roisin NiMhainin (Connemara Style), as well as bodhran, concertina and song. In 2008, she was awarded a Dance Fellowship from the DCCAH/NEA for her work. Her style as a Sean-nos dancer explores groove combined with rhythmic inspirations from the tunes, using the repeating patterns in the battering styles as rhythmic base for improvisation. She can be found at shannondunne.com.
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Kitchen Quartet Artist
Sean McComiskey
is among the most innovative young performers on the button accordion, with a unique harmonic style that has earned him a spot in the pantheon of Irish accordionists far beyond his native Baltimore. As the son of legendary button accordion player Billy McComiskey, Sean has been surrounded by Irish traditional music his entire life and has developed a deep appreciation for this rich tradition. This has helped Sean establish a reputation as a highly regarded teacher and promulgator of Irish music and has earned him teaching positions with the Catskills Irish Arts Week, Augusta Heritage Center’s Irish Arts Week, and the Baltimore Irish Arts Center.
In addition, Sean's music has been recognized in various prestigious venues throughout his musical career -- among them, the Washington Irish Festival, the Baltimore Irish Festival, the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, the Hippodrome Theatre, the National Press Club, the 2007 Inaugural Gala for Governor Martin O’Malley, and several White House St. Patrick's Day Celebrations. He performs regularly with O'Malley's March, Corner House with fiddler Cleek Schrey and pianist Matt Mulqueen, and is a charter member of the Old Bay Ceili Band from Baltimore, Maryland.
Sean has been featured on numerous recordings to date, including Billy McComiskey’s highly anticipated second solo album, Outside The Box, and is currently collaborating with fiddler Cleek Schrey and Sean Nós dancers Shannon Dunne and Kieran Jordan on a traditional Irish music and dance performance group called the Kitchen Quartet. |
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Kitchen Quartet Artist
Cleek Schrey
is a fiddler and dancer from Charlottesville, Virginia. He has appeared at festivals across North America, the UK, and Europe, and on such stages as the Kennedy Center and Chicago's Orchestra Hall. An avid collector of old recordings, Cleek has produced several CDs of re-mastered 78rpm recordings. He frequently performs and creates music for dance choreography, including the Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Celtic Legends (France), and the Kitchen Quartet. Cleek studied violin at the DePaul School of Music with Robert Waters, composition and orchestration with Nathan Currier, and traditional fiddle tunes with too many musicians to name. For sound clips and more information, please visit www.myspace.com/cleekschrey
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Jerry O'Sullivan
has been widely hailed as America's premier uilleann piper. His reputation for technical and melodic mastery of the instrument, an Irish bagpipe known for its subtlety and expression, is unsurpassed in the United States, and is demanding considerable attention overseas. Jerry is also widely recorded on the tin whistle, the low whistle, the Highland bagpipes, and the Scottish smallpipes.
He has appeared on more than 90 albums and has performed or recorded with artists such as The Boston Pops, Don Henley, Paul Winter, James Galway, Dolly Parton, The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, The Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Eileen Ivers, and many others. He was a featured soloist on Paul Winter's GRAMMY winning album, Celtic Solstice (Living Music, 1999). His first two solo albums, The Gift (Shanachie,1998), and The Invasion (Green Linnet, 1987) have both received critical acclaim, quickly finding their way to the top of a number of "best albums of the year" lists. Jerry has just recently released a new solo album, O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrell, which features music from the 200 year old O'Farrell collections. Jerry has also recorded a number of film soundtracks including From Shore to Shore, The Long Journey Home, Far and Away, Africans in America, and Out of Ireland.
Jerry has toured extensively in North America and Europe and as far a-field as Japan and Israel. He has been featured at numerous Folk Festivals, including: the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Milwaukee Irish Festival, the Catskills Irish Arts Week, Boston's Gaelic Roots Festival, the National Council for Traditional Arts National Folk Festival, and the Swannanoa Gathering in Asheville, North Carolina. His symphonic concerts, performed and recorded by the Boston Pops, included selections from John Williams Far and Away and O'Sullivan's March from Rob Roy, Main Title Theme from Braveheart. He also performed in Patrick Cassidy's The Famine Symphony (at its world debut at St. Patrick's Cathedral), and Paul Winter's Pipes Peace with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.
Born in New York City to an Irish-American mother and a father from Dublin, Ireland, Jerry first learned to play the Scottish highland pipes. During summer visits to family in Dublin, he learned the uilleann pipes influenced by such great players as Peter Carberry, Matt Kiernan, Dan Dowd, Peter McKenna, Fergus Finnegan, Mick O'Brien, Gay McKeon, and others. In New York, uilleann piper Bill Ochs was a major help and inspiration to Jerry.
Jerry O'Sullivan is a gifted ambassador of the Irish uilleann pipes, maintaining the historic traditions and melodies of the instrument while expanding its range into new genres of music and media. His mastery of the instrument, traditional knowledge, versatility, and dedication to education truly make him America's premier uilleann piper. |
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Colcannon
Mick Bolger, Mike Fitzmaurice, Rod Garnett, Jean Bolger, Brian Mullins
In their long history, the beloved band Colcannon has charmed audiences all
over the country in settings as diverse as the sunburnt crowds at Merlefest to
the genteel patrons of a symphony concert. Along the way they have
performed for television specials, done school residencies and garnered
numerous awards- including an Emmy, a Parent’s Choice Award, a Western
Heritage Award and an Audiofile magazine Earphone Award. Their seven
CDs on Oxford Road
Records have received
enthusiastic reviews and
have aired across America
and Europe.
Colcannon’s performances
have been described as
“fresh and exciting...a
mix of polish and passion”
“packed with subtle
touches and fluid
interplay..”
“playing as sprightly as
it is deeply felt, with
poignant vocals that are as
mighty as a spring storm”
We think you’ll agree. |
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Colcannon Artist
Mick Bolger
Mick Bolger is becoming increasingly recognized as one of the leading interpreters of
traditional Irish song.He sings in both English and his native Irish (Gaelic), bringing an
emotional directness and surprising depth to his material. He also plays the bodhrán
(the Irish goatskin drum) and his stories and unexpected flights of humor keep
audiences intrigued. Mick originally moved to the U.S. to pursue a degree in sculpture,
but ended up focusing on performing traditional music.
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Colcannon Artist
Mike Fitzmaurice
Mike Fitzmaurice plays both guitar and acoustic bass in Colcannon. Another former
visual artist, he earned a degree in painting before becoming involved in music. His
musical past has run the gamut from bluegrass band to blues band to ballet orchestra.
Mike’s bass playing is unique in the traditional music scene, with the instrument often
stepping up as an equal voice in the melodic texture- the “bass fiddle”, as it were. He is
also a skilled composer, and has written two full-scale works for Colcannon and
symphony orchestra, “The Red Kite” and “Lusanna”. |
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Colcannon Artist
Rod Garnett
In Colcannon, Rod performs on wooden flutes and fifes, occasionally trotting out the
clarinet, the bamboo flute, the fujara, or any of a number of his collection of “flute-like”
instruments from around the globe. Rod teaches flute and World Music at the
University of Wyoming, and is currently working on a book/CD project about flutes of
the world with several of his graduate students. He is also an award-winning recording
artist and solo performer on silver flute, and co- founder of the Boxwood Flute Camp in
Nova Scotia. |
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Colcannon Artist
Jean Bolger
A fiddler of both power and finesse, Jean began playing violin at the age of six: classical
music was the ‘approved listening’ at home. A later convert to Irish fiddle, she brings
great control to her fiery playing and a firm delicacy to her subtle, nuanced
accompaniments. (On the other hand, she has occasionally been known to play the
accordion.) Jean is also a composer, and as of this writing, is nearing the end of a project
that involved writing a new tune every day for a year. |
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Colcannon Artist
Brian Mullins
Brian originally joined Colcannon as a guitarist and mandolin player in 1994. His
inventive rhythmic accompaniments are a defining aspect of the group’s sound. Over
the years he has incorporated more and more of his instrumental skills into the band’s
arrangements, playing cittern, mandocello, bouzouki, erhu (Chinese spike fiddle) and flute. (He
may, in fact, own more odd instruments than Rod.) Brian is a prolific composer, and has
performed and recorded with more project than we can list, but he is especially fond of
doing arrangements for mandolin quartet. He has also toured extensively with a
residency program, bringing his enthusiasm for world music and instruments to
elementary school children. |
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Ed Miller
Edinburgh, Scotland
A native of Edinburgh, Ed Miller first came to the USA for “a year or so” to do graduate work at the University of Texas. Now, a PhD in folklore and 30 years later, he is still based in Austin and travels throughout North America entertaining and educating audiences with his wonderful songs and droll stories.
Ed is considered one of Scotland’s finest singing exports, and is in great demand to perform at concerts, folk clubs, coffeehouses, Celtic festivals, Burns Suppers and Highland Games all over the country.
In addition, he teaches classes on Scottish folksong at camps such as the Swannanoa Celtic Week in North Carolina, Alasdair Fraser’s Valley of the Moon Fiddle Camp, Boston College’s Gaelic Roots Program and the Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp, as well as at various schools throughout the country.
In 2003, he was a presenter and performer at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC, where Scotland was the featured country. In recent years, he has expanded his activities into leading folksong tours to Scotland to meet the singers and hear the songs “on location.”(see the 'Folksong Tours' section of his web page.)
He first learned his craft in the pubs and clubs of Edinburgh during the folk revival of the 1960’s, and his repertoire shows the width of that movement. From old traditional ballads and the timeless songs of Robert Burns, to contemporary songs of urban change, emigration, nationalism and humor, a performance by Ed Miller gives a real taste of Scotland, and shows his continuing love for his homeland. You can also catch Ed on his KUT-FM radio program “Across the Water” on Sunday nights.
Miller’s voice has been aptly described as being “as smooth and satisfying as a really good single malt whisky.” He has 8 CD’s to his credit, including his most recent, Lyrics of Gold, a collection of Burns songs.
www.songsofscotland.com |
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John Taylor
Scotland/Texas
Originally from North-East Scotland, John has lived in San Jose, California for over 30 years, and during that time has become one of the most popular Scottish fiddlers in the US. In addition to solo work, he has played with various bands over the years, and currently leads a band called “Hamewith” (which means “homewards” in the Scots dialect). He also plays regularly for Scottish Country Dancing, and has recorded albums with Andy Imbrie and with the dance band “Fiddlesticks and Ivory”. He has played for dance tours in Scotland and New Zealand and regularly plays for dances and dance workshops throughout the US and Canada. He can also often be seen and heard accompanying singer Ed Miller or the Scots/Irish duo "Men of Worth" and has recorded with both.
In 2001, he released his first solo album, After the Dance, produced by Scottish folk music icon Brian McNeill, and featuring John with backup from Brian, Ed Miller, Rich Brotherton, Lawrence Drummond and John’s son Stuart and daughter Lesley. His latest album, The Road Ahead, again produced by Brian, features an exciting mix of material , including John’s first recorded vocal and backup by Brian, along with members of” Hamewith” and John’s family.
When I was 7 or 8 years old, my Mum and Dad asked me if I would like to play a musical instrument. I was really excited – this was great. I said “Yes, a trombone!!!!”.
They bought me a fiddle.” |
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Willson and McKee
Walsenburg,, CO
Kim McKee: A Colorado native, classical training was Kim’s foundation, but traditional folk music became her passion. In the late 70’s early 80’s traditional music was not that readily available, so she did her research by attending festivals, gathering unusual folk instruments, studying books, interviewing people from Ireland and Scotland, collecting stories and songs, having music sent from abroad. She was virtually obsessed! Kim has won numerous awards including the National Mountain Dulcimer Championship in 2002, and four time award winner at the Milwaukee Irish Festival songwriting contest. Writing poetry, stories, songs and miscellaneous word endeavors, keeps the landscapes, people and experiences alive within her work.
Ken WIllson: Ken grew up in rural Minnesota and North Dakota. The early musical memories for him were cherished local events : variety shows, church music, family-made music, and other grassroots experiences. Self-taught and determined, he passed through several musical lives, performing with many rock, country, bluegrass and other types of bands. Winning performance awards in such faraway places as Australia, Ken has honed his skills on stage through decades of performance and dedication to his "roots" of acoustic folk music. |
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Harp Retreat Teachers
Maire Ni Chathasaigh
See Bio above
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Lynn Saoirse Harp Retreat Teacher
County Galway
Lynn is an award winning Irish harpist who currently lives in County Galway. Her repertoire is based around traditional Irish music: from lively dance music such as jigs, reels, and hornpipes to the haunting slow airs of ancient times as well as the beautiful baroque music of O’Carolan. She has recorded two albums of her own, L’annmoor and On the Bright Road, as well as being a featured artist on three other recordings. She performs throughout Europe and the US, as well as in the Caribbean, Nepal, and Argentina. She has recently returned from a performance in Egypt.
Lynn also composes new tunes and songs in the traditional style and her arrangements for harp have been very well received.
Lynn has won both the Galway and Connaught Fleadhs a number of times, as a solo harpist and as a member of a trio with Yvonne Kane (of the Kane Sisters and Sharon Shannon's Band)on fiddle and Mary Finn on accordion. The late great harpist Derek Bell, of the Irish traditional group The Chieftains, also wrote about Lynn: "There is an exquisite delicacy all through her playing." LynnSaoirse.com |
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Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni Harp Retreat Teacher
College Station, Texas
Ph.D., is an accordionist and harpist in Texas and a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University. She studied concert accordion with her father, Robert S. Tiffany, Jr., and classical pedal harp with Gayel Panke Gibson at the University of Texas at El Paso and Laurie Buchanan at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She also studied voice with Lori Joachim Fredrics, formerly with Texas A&M University. She is accordionist with the contra dance band “Jalapeño Honey” (pages.suddenlink.net/jalapenohoney/). She was named Harper of the Day at the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games and the Ohio Scottish Games in 2004 and the Stone Mountain Highland Games (Nationals) in 2005. She has published numerous harp arrangements of traditional tunes with Afghan Press and compiled and edited the music anthology Scottish Harp Celebration for the Scottish Harp Society of America. She has also published sacred music transcribed or arranged for accordion, which is available at www.musicforaccordion.com. She served as President of the Scottish Harp Society of America from 2004-2006. |
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Linda Larkin Harp Retreat Teacher
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Linda Larkin, MMus, MSW, maintains an active harp studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is founder and director of High Desert Harp Ensemble, a group of 12 harpers performing since 1999. Larkin's published works include Ensemble Etudes, Chants in the Celtic Tradition, and Chants in the Sephardic Tradition. She is currently working on a third CD of chants. |
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Special Teachers and Presenters
Dr. Lee Roloff Special Guest Speaker
Seattle, WA
Dr, Roloff is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, where he taught Performance Art, Archetypal and Psychological Approaches to Literature, and seminars in creativity, creative imagination, and the performance of psyche in culture. He retired from academia in 1991 after forty years of teaching.
At the C.G.Jung Institute of Chicago for twenty-five years, his teaching emphases were and remain archetypal approaches to myth and fairy tale, dream analysis, and the fundamentals of archetypal psychology. In private practice his interests have been focused upon working with artists and other professionals who are seeking an expanded sense of creativity and individuation. He is a member of numerous Jungian international societies and has lectured and taught extensively abroad.
Professor Roloff is the author of the award winning book, The Perception and Evocation of Literature , as well as articles in literature and poetry therapy, the psychology of performance, and papers on psychological growth and development.. He is a published poet and writer, was commissioned by the Art Institute of Chicago to write a play based upon the lives of Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe, and performed the role of Stieglitz in its premiere performance at the Art Institute.
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Barbara Yule Teacher/Presenter
Gardner, CO
Barbara has a Masters degree in Children’s Theater from Northwestern University where she stayed on to teach in the department for ten years. She established and taught Northwestern’s first storytelling course as an advanced segment of her course in children’s literature. She went on to get her PhD in Folklore from the School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, specializing in folk narrative, and was a founding member of the Scottish National Storytelling Center. Barbara learned British sign language and established “Stories in the Air” a non-profit storytelling organization for Scottish deaf people. She has been a professional storyteller and teacher of storytelling in America and Scotland for 30 years. |
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Linda Hickman Teacher/Presenter
New York
Linda, flute and tin whistle player, is well known to Irish music fans in America for her performances with the original popular group “Celtic Thunder.” A member of that band since 1977, she performed with them three times for President and Hillary Clinton, and, under their new name “Narrowbacks,” for the Smithsonian’s multicultural festival celebrating the inauguration of President Obama. Linda has taught at numerous music programs including the Catskills Irish Arts Week and Alaska Traditional Music Camp. She is also a music consultant at Golden Gate Rehabilitation Center in Staten Island, NY.
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Tanya Perkins Teacher/Presenter
Denver, CO
Tanya has had an extensive career as a singer and actress performing in venues from NYC to the West Coast. Tanya graduated with a BFA in musical theater from Stephens College and continued to work on a Masters of Music at CU Boulder. She also taught voice and musical theatre technique at NYU’s Conservatory of Musical Theatre and at Perry Mansfield School of the Arts. Since moving to Denver, Tanya has concentrated on teaching voice and performance at the Academy of the Arts in Denver, coaching privately, and teaching group voice classes at Swallow Hill. |
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Jim Remington Teacher/Presenter
Westcliffe, CO
Jim has been involved with Celtic Music for over 25 years. Trips to Ireland and Scotland beginning in the late seventies exposed Jim to traditional music and that led to a love of the music and his studying traditional Irish fiddle, guitar and tin whistle styles. Jim has studied with a number of master players as well as studying fiddle and tin whistle at the Willy Clancy School of Traditional Music in County Clare, Ireland in 1990 and 2002. Jim played fiddle with the Greencastle Band and toured New England with the band for 10 years as part of the New England Council for the Arts Touring Program. Two full length recordings were done by the Greencastle Band during this time and a compilation CD of those recordings was released in the fall of 2008. Jim has taught fiddle, guitar and tin whistle at Rocky Music in Lakewood, Colorado for over 15 years. |
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Malacha Hall Teacher/Presenter
Canyon City, CO
was given her first dulcimer in the late 1960’s. But it wasn’t until she met Neal Hellman at a festival some years later and he showed her how versatile and fun the instrument could be that she got hooked. She goes back to Kentucky, Tennessee, or North Carolina every year to take advanced classes on the dulcimer and returns to share what she has learned. Dick began to play about five years ago and teaches the beginner classes so Malacha can concentrate on the more experienced players. The Halls run The Serendipity Peak Dulcimer Club where they both teach. The club has grown from four members in Colorado Springs in 1997 to over 80 in Colorado Springs, Cañon City and Westcliffe. Each group performs in their area and meets on a regular basis to learn new songs and skills.
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